Man shoots self in leg at Gibraltar Trade Center

A 56-year-old man entering the Gibraltar Trade Center in Mount Clemens on Friday accidentally shot himself while unloading his pistol, police said.

The popular indoor flea market hosts a gun and knife show this weekend, and anyone entering the building must remove any ammunition from firearms.

“They have a policy that no loaded weapons are allowed in the facility. They have a clearing area where they ask those entering to clear their weapon,” Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said. “He was clearing his weapon. It discharged and (he) shot himself in the leg.”

The man, identified as a resident of Harrison Township, was taken by Mount Clemens Fire Department paramedics to McLaren Macomb hospital in Mount Clemens for treatment of the non-life threatening injury.

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Nobody else was struck by gunfire from the .22-caliber revolver, Wickersham said.

After interviewing witnesses to the 12:35 p.m. incident, police deemed the shooting was accidental.